以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēnyiqirenzhidao,huanzhiqirenzhishen
- to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1])
- to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game; to give sb a taste of his own medicine